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Heather Ann Thompson

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• Originally published 11/20/2017

  Heather Ann Thompson says what went on at Attica is worse than we thought

  Heather Ann Thompson

  Only now are we learning that inmates were used as guinea pigs in an experiment involving the virus that causes leprosy.

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• Originally published 04/11/2017

  And the Pulitzer Prize in history goes to … ?

  The answer is Heather Ann Thompson for her book on the Attica Prison uprising.

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• Originally published 01/26/2017

  Heather Ann Thompson tells the story of the Attica prison uprising on The Daily Show

  Trevor Noah says the prison officials hid the truth for decades.

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• Originally published 10/28/2016

  National Book Award semifinalist Heather Ann Thompson says the war on crime started with LBJ

  She argues in her book on Attica that the slow downfall and ultimate economic collapse of Detroit began with the crime law he signed.

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• Originally published 08/27/2016

  Heather Ann Thompson pries loose the long-kept secrets of Attica in her new book

  Her prize discovery was memos that showed how Nelson Rockefeller hammered out the state’s official version of the tragedy.